The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte STEVEN D. MAURER __________ Appeal No. 2004-0204 Application No. 09/231,128 __________ ON BRIEF __________ Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 7-11, 14, 16 and 18-20. The invention pertains to processing compressed video streams. In particular, the invention provides for detecting content based defects in a video stream by testing the field data and changes in field data to generate an appropriate alarm signal for an operator. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007